Hella Delicious Mission

“Give the stomach good, wholesome food, and it will fill your veins with pure blood which in turn will give you a healthy brain and drive away the whole brood of manufactured troubles.”

This quote is from a piece entitled Kitchen Education written by a Shaker plowman in 1883.

The mother of the Delicious Revolution, Alice Waters, is our first champion. The things she has done for kids with her edible schoolyards and other projects are incredible. She is a goddess. Thanks to her energy and determination we are well on the way to reviving our Earth through being aware of the goodness She provides and using these goodies in ways that will prepare the next generations for a better world full of rich, tasty food that is created with love from the seed to the plate.

COOKING IS A PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL CREATIVE COMMUNICATION

More than just ingredients go into a dish, part of the love of the person growing the vegetables, raising the animals, cutting and mixing the ingredients goes into the food too. It is good to touch your food with your bare hands and to feel it. Just as it is good to make sure your hands are clean before you touch the food! This personal touch adds more to the food than any amount of sophisticated processing or flavor crystals could ever add. The mindset goes hand in hand with aware and sustainable living. It is not an overnight change. It has taken me years of being a chef and constantly studying nutrition and still I have a hard time putting it into practice. It costs money, it takes time, it takes will power and perseverance. I still find myself whipping up a batch of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with cheaply purchased refined white flour and sugar every so often, gobbling half of them down before they are even cooked and feeling horrible rumblings in my belly and neurotic twitchings of my cerebral spinal fluids along with frantic thumpings of my heart only to be followed shortly afterwards by dizziness and crying spells.

I am fortunate to get such instantaneous reactions, or I would probably do it more often. I am learning how to incorporate more beneficial habits into my life and slowly learning ways to make it work for me. I hope to pass these lessons on to you.

WE RECLAIM OUR RIGHT TO DIRECTLY ACCESS UNADULTERATED NOURISHMENT AT AFFORDABLE PRICES FOR ALL

I discovered Nourishing Traditions in 2003 and was fortunate enough to attend an incredible seminar by author Sally Fallon in Auckland, New Zealand shortly afterwards. This book has become my bible ever since. I highly recommend every household have a copy of this book. It is the most fully comprehensible, honestly researched discussion of nutrition that I have found, and it is highly practical with a plethora of delicious recipes. Much of the food in the book is living food (enzymes and fermentation) and many of the recipes build on each other. Cooking in this manner is a whole different mindset and method of working- the focus is on consciously nourishing the body and soul. Fat and cholesterol are important components of your diet and have been demonized to our detriment. I once knew a man who was on a no cholesterol diet and who ate absolutely no fat. He was the most easily aggravated, dissatisfied and nasty man I have ever met.

I believe whole foods, lovingly grown, will provide all the nourishment we need if we listen to our bodies and consume the foods in the right proportions. I do not think we need to spend hundreds of dollars on supplements and the packaging and marketing that goes along with that. I do understand that currently it is often difficult to be able to get the kind of produce that contains the nutrients that they should and that this produce can often be expensive as well. Therefore, in my recipes I try to point out affordable foods and the health-giving properties that they contain. It is a lot of information and all of us have different needs. I also highly recommend growing whatever you can yourself. Even if it is just a little pot with some basil in it, it will be worth it.

WE RECLAIM THE RIGHT TO HONEST UNBIASED INFORMATION REGARDING OUR FOOD

It is important for us all to find our “Grande Purpose” in this life. I hope to provide affordable, practical and convenient methods for us to nourish our bodies, minds and souls with the wide variety of treats that our Earth provides abundantly for us. I hope to help to rekindle connection between us and our own bodies as well as with each other, in respect and appreciation for our Earth. I hope to help find a way for everyone to regain our basic human right to nourishing food at affordable prices. I hope to be able to learn and showcase delicious foods from remote areas around the world so we will not loose our diversity.

WE DEMAND THAT OUR WORLD LEADERS PUT EVERY PERSON’S RIGHT TO GOOD FOOD AS THEIR PRIORITY FOCUS

Food crosses all boundaries and all borders, because everyone and everything needs food. Food is our common denominator and the differences in food simply provide more interesting ways for us to enjoy our shared joy in eating. We should never have to fear our food, whether we are living in America and afraid of hormones and antibiotics contaminating our meat, or in Myanmar afraid of typhoid contaminating our children’s popsicles.